Shapeshift vs Transform - What's the difference?
shapeshift | transform |
to change one's shape or form into another through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.
(figuratively) to undergo a noticeable change (in character for example), to metamorphosize
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
As verbs the difference between shapeshift and transform
is that shapeshift is to change one's shape or form into another through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings while transform is to change greatly the appearance or form of.As a noun transform is
the result of a transformation.shapeshift
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(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.